Top surnames from the 1881 census in Forest Frith, County Durham

Forest Frith is an 1881 census registration district in the county of County Durham

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
DOWSON536.98291,277.11
WATSON455.928925.56
BAINBRIDGE415.4018384.25
SCOTT364.743118.75
WALTON324.216159.90
ANDERSON253.293816.68
BELL233.030316.13
ROBINSON212.76688.68
HUTCHINSON212.766848.70
HORN202.6350115.94
BEADLE202.6350375.23
BRUMWELL182.37152,950.82
LEE151.976312.09
RACE141.8445338.16
EMMERSON131.7128173.56
COUSIN111.4493738.26
NIXON111.449347.58
COLLINSON111.4493123.46
REDFEARN101.3175444.44
GIBSON91.18589.77
ELLIOTT91.185813.98
STALEY81.0540321.29
HARKER70.922387.61
HOGG70.922325.53
HODGSON60.790511.41
LOWES60.7905136.05
BAYLES60.7905400.00
GOOD60.790563.56
VIPOND50.6588462.96
RAINE50.658879.11
HARROP50.658857.94
SANDERSON40.527012.76
HEWARD40.5270273.97
RUMNEY40.5270336.13
BARKER30.39533.02
RICHARDSON30.39532.32
HUNT30.39532.98
IRELAND30.395317.03
HOWARD30.39534.03
DIXON30.39533.61
DICKINSON20.26356.17
JOHNSON20.26350.78
HOOD20.26359.52
GREY20.263512.15
WAITE10.13186.35
SOWERBY10.131824.45
CARTER10.13180.78
RAISBECK10.1318138.89
DAVISON10.13183.69
RENWICK10.131819.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRUMWELL0.767592950.8197
DOWSON0.767591277.1084
COUSIN0.76759738.2550
VIPOND0.76759462.9630
REDFEARN0.76759444.4444
BAYLES0.76759400.0000
BAINBRIDGE0.76759384.2549
BEADLE0.76759375.2345
RACE0.76759338.1643
RUMNEY0.76759336.1345
STALEY0.76759321.2851
HEWARD0.76759273.9726
EMMERSON0.76759173.5648
RAISBECK0.76759138.8889
LOWES0.76759136.0544
COLLINSON0.76759123.4568
SCOT0.76759119.0476
HORN0.76759115.9420
HARKER0.7675987.6095
RAINE0.7675979.1139
GOOD0.7675963.5593
WALTON0.7675959.9027
HARROP0.7675957.9374
HUTCHINSON0.7675948.7013
NIXON0.7675947.5779
WATSON0.7675925.5595
HOGG0.7675925.5288
SOWERBY0.7675924.4499
RENWICK0.7675919.3050
SCOTT0.7675918.7461
IRELAND0.7675917.0261
ANDERSON0.7675916.6767
BELL0.7675916.1268
ELLIOTT0.7675913.9752
SANDERSON0.7675912.7551
GREY0.7675912.1507
LEE0.7675912.0929
HODGSON0.7675911.4068
GIBSON0.767599.7688
HOOD0.767599.5193
ROBINSON0.767598.6773
WAITE0.767596.3492
DICKINSON0.767596.1690
DALTON0.767595.7405
HOWARD0.767594.0279
DAVISON0.767593.6860
DIXON0.767593.6079
BARKER0.767593.0205
HUNT0.767592.9759
RICHARDSON0.767592.3220

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 759 people called BRUMWELL in Forest Frith at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 2950.8197 in Forest Frith means that 2950.8197% of the people in Forest Frith on census day were called BRUMWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRUMWELL in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called BRUMWELL as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called BRUMWELL here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called BRUMWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.76 in Forest Frith means that you are 0.76 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRUMWELL in Forest Frith than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Forest Frith in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ALLINSON (43)  ANDERSON (25)  ARMSTRONG (1)  BAINBRIDGE (41)  BARKER (3)  BAYLES (6)  BEADLE (20)  BELL (23)  BELE (22)  BRAMWECH (1)  BRUMWELL (18)  CARTER (1)  COLLINS (1)  COLLINSON (11)  MC CORMICK (1)  COUSIN (11)  CURRAH (4)  DALTON (1)  DAVISON (1)  DICKINSON (2)  DIXON (3)  DOWSON (53)  ELLIOTT (9)  EMMERSON (13)  FARN (1)  GARGATE (3)  GARGET (1)  GARGETT (4)  GIBSON (9)  GOOD (6)  GOWLAND (1)  GREY (2)  HARKER (7)  HARROP (5)  HEFFER (1)  HEWARD (4)  HODGSON (6)  HOGG (7)  HOOD (2)  HORN (20)  HOWARD (3)  HUNT (3)  HUTCHINSON (21)  IRELAND (3)  JRELAND (1)  JOHNSON (2)  JONES (1)  LEE (15)  LOWES (6)  MACLEOW (1)  MARSHALL (1)  NIXON (11)  PEADON (6)  RACE (14)  RAINE (5)  RAISBECK (1)  REDFEARN (10)  RENWICK (1)  RICHARDSON (3)  ROBINSON (21)  RUMNEY (4)  SANDERSON (4)  SARMBY (1)  SCOTT (36)  SCOT (1)  SOWERBY (1)  STALEY (8)  SWINBANK (2)  TALLENTINE (36)  TALLENTIRE (12)  TARN (12)  TEWARD (17)  TOWARD (10)  VIPOND (5)  WALLACE (1)  WALTON (32)  WATSON (45)  WEARMOUTH (9)  WAITE (1)